The following article was written by Abhijit Ghosh, IDeA – Development Associate and published in The Assam Tribune on 17th September 2019. On September 8 this year, Guwahatians celebrated the first anniversary of the reading down of Sec 377 by the Supreme Court on September 6, 2018, with an expressive reading of the play Ek…
Dr. Sunil Kaul, Founder Trustee who is currently the Managing Trustee and also CEO is based in the ant’s campus in Rowmari. A public health doctor who has consulted on malaria, T.B , Maternal and Child Health and other public health issues with national & international agencies; has over 10 years experience in the Army…
Dr. Sunil Kaul, Founder Trustee who is currently the Managing Trustee and also CEO is based in the ant’s campus in Rowmari. A public health doctor who has consulted on malaria, T.B , Maternal and Child Health and other public health issues with national & international agencies; has over 10 years experience in the Army…
Perhaps it was during one of the many reading sessions that Anjali first realised that there were students in Ranisundari LP School who couldn’t identify letters or numbers. The number soared to 33 covering 2nd to 5th standards. Most of the children being first generation learners, their parents had little or no experience in supporting…
Once returning from the ‘Girl Icon’ peer meeting with Purnima (field facilitator), Devi Basumatary’s raised head was bowed and her otherwise slow strides accelerated. She had noticed her dad walking towards her. After a long day of vending vegetables at the neighborhood market, Devi’s mother bartered concerns with indifference at home. Absence of a regular…
Sikapara, busy with its mundane everyday chores received Amina Khatun six years ago as she first walked the bleak lanes of the village after her nikaah along with Zakir, her husband. She was only 21 when she adorned the robe of a housewife. As days passed by, she was firmly woven into the nuances of…